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COMPARATIVE MILE SPEED OF TRACKS Dec. Est. Track. Comp.Speed. Mile. Mile Record. Belmont Park 980 1:35 Saratoga 970 l:30y5 Syracuse 968i l:36i Aqueduct .965 1:36 Juarez .955 1:36 Latonia .955 1:36 Dopglas Park .955 1:36 Santa Anita Park 945 l:37Vr. Churchill Downs 940 1:37 Harlem . 940 1:37 Lexington 940 1:37 Brighton Beach 935 1:37 Fort Erie 935 1:37 Sheepshead Bay .935 1:37 Washington Park 935 1:37 Laurel 035 1:37 Blue Bonnets 930 1:37 Fair Grounds Xew Orleans 930 1:37 Windsor 930 1:37 Kenilworth Park Buffalo 925 1:38 Pimlico . .925 1:38 Tijuana, Mex 925 1:38 Worth .925 1:38 Oriental Park Havana 920 1:38 Oakland 915 1:38 Ascot Park 912. l:38y. Empire City 910 1:38 Jacksonville .910 1:38 Minoru Park 910 1:38 Reno 910 1:38 Hawthorne 900J4 1:38 Butte 905 1:38 Gravesend 905 1:38 Jamaica 905 1:38 Lagoon Park 905 1:38 Oaklawn .. 900 1:39 Overland Park 900 1:39 Tanforan 900 1:39 Woodbine Park 900 1:39 Jefferson Eark .900 1:39 Havre de Grace 895 1:39 .Elm Ridge Park 893 i 1:39 Vi Devonshire Park :.. 890 1:39 Jamestown 89.0 1:39 St. Louis Fair Grounds 887M- 1:30 Thorncliffe Park .885 1:39 Connnught Park 880 1;39 Hamilton 880 1:39 Anaconda 875 1:40 Cumberland Park 875 1:40 Dorval Park 875 1:40 Kenilworth Pk. Windsor est. .875 1:40 Mount Royal 875 1.40 Palmetto "Park 870 1:40 Montgomery Park 862 1:40 Benning 860 1:40 Bowie .S50 1:41 Cheyenne 830 1:41 Kempton Park 820 1:42 Piping Rock 820 l:42y5 The foregoing table is based on an arbitrary decimal basis of 25 points to a second, rilnuing down from a theoretical mile in 1:35. valued at-1;000; Roamer won a race against time at Saratoga August 21, 191S. in 1:31, but the time used is Man o Wars 1:35 in a regular race against other horses.
